题目内容
2.Old Problem,New Approaches While clean energy is increasingly used in our daily life,global warning will continue for some decades after CO2 emissions(排放)peak.So even if emission were to begin to decrease today,we would still face the challenge of adapting to climate.Here I will stress some smarter and more creative examples of climate adaptation.When it comes to adaptation,it is important to understand that climate change is a process.We are therefore not talking about adapting to a new standard,but to a constantly shifting set of conditions.This is why in part at least,the US National Climate Assessment says that:"there is no'one-size fit all'adaptation."Nevertheless,there are some actions that offer much and carry little risk or cost.
Around the world,people are adapting in surprising ways,especially in some poor countries.Floods have become more damaging in Bangladesh in recent decades.Mohammed Rezwan saw opportunity where others saw only disaster.His not-for-profit organization runs 100 river boats that serve as floating libraries,schools,and health clinics,and are equipped with solar panels and other communication facilities.Rezwan is creating floating connectivity(连接) to replace flooded roads and highways.But he is also working at a far more fundamental level:his staff show people how to make floating gardens and fish ponds to prevent starvation during the wet season.
Elsewhere in Asia even more astonishing actions are being taken.Chewang Nophel lives in a mountainous region in India,where he is known as the Ice Man.The loss of glaciers(冰川) there due to global warming represents an enormous threat to agriculture.Without the glaciers,water will arrive in the rivers at times when it can damage crops.Norphel's inspiration came from seeing the waste of water over winter,when it was not needed.He directed the wasted water into shallow basins where it froze,and was stored until the spring.His fields of ice supply perfectly timed irrigation(灌溉) water.Having created nine such ice reserves.Nophel calculates that he has stored about 200,000m3 of water.Climate change is a continuing process,so Norphel's ice reserves will not last forever.Warming will overtake them.But he is providing a few years during which the farmers will,perhaps,be able to find other means of adapting.
Increasing Earth's reflectiveness can cool the planet.In southern Spain the sudden increase of greenhouses(which reflect light back to space) has changed the warming trend locally,and actually cooled the region.While Spain as a whole is heating up quickly,temperatures near the greenhouses have decreased.This example should act as an inspiration for all cities.By painting buildings white,cities may slow down the warming process.
In Peru,local farmers around a mountain with a glacier that has already fallen victim to climate change have begun painting the entire mountain peak white in the hope that the added reflectiveness will restore the life-giving ice.The outcome is still far from clear.But the World Bank has included the project on its of"100 ideas to save the planet".
More ordinary forms of adaptation are happening everywhere.A friend of mine owns an area of land in western Victoria.Over five generations the land has been too wet for cropping.But during the past decade declining rainfall has allowed him to plant highly profitable crops.Farmers in many countries are also adapting like this--either by growing new produce,or by growing the same things differently.This is common sense,But some suggestions for adapting are not.When the polluting industries argue that we've lost the battle to control carbon pollution and have no choice but to adapt,it's a nonsense designed to make the case for business as usual.
Human beings will continue to adapt to the changing climate in both ordinary and astonishing ways.But the most sensible form of adaptation is surely to adapt our energy systems to emit less carbon pollution.After all,if we adapt in the way,we may avoid the need to change in so many others.
65.The underlined part in Paragraph 2 implies.A
A.adaptation is an ever-changing process
B.the cost of adaptation varies with time
C.global warming affects adaptation forms
D.adaptation to climate change is challenging
66.What is special with regard to Rezwan's project?C
A.The project receives government support.
B.Different organizations work with each other.
C.His organization makes the best of a bad situation.
D.The project connects flooded roads and highways.
67.What did the Ice Man do to reduce the effect of global warming?A
A.Storing ice for future use.
B.Protecting the glaciers from melting.
C.Changing the irrigation time.
D.Postponing the melting of the glaciers.
68.What do we learn from the Peru example?D
A.White paint is usually safe for buildings.
B.The global warming tread cannot be stopped.
C.This country is heating up too quickly.
D.Sunlight reflection may relieve global warming.
69.According to the author,polluting industries shouldD.
A.adapt to carbon pollution
B.plant highly profitable crops
C.leave carbon emission alone
D.fight against carbon pollution
70.What's the author's preferred solution to global warming?B
A.Setting up a new standard.
B.Readucing carbon emission.
C.Adapting to climate change.
D.Monitoring polluting industries.
分析 本文通过详细的讲解全球变暖的问题,从洪水的危害一直讲解到污染的企业应该怎么做,为了减少全球变暖问题,应该减少碳排放.
解答 ACADDB
65.A 推理判断题,划线句意为"并没有一种万全之策",下一句Nevertheless表示转折,再根据there are some actions that offer much and carry little risk or cost.可知,没有放之四海而皆准的方法,即适应是根据具体情况而不断做出调整,而非一成不变,故答案为A
66.C 细节理解题.根据第三段第二句 Mohammed Rezwan saw opportunity where others saw only disaster 可知,在洪水这一灾害面前,Rezwan 看到了机遇,他充分利用不利的情况,C项符合题意.故正确答案为C.
67.A 细节理解题.根据第五段第六句 He directed the wasted water into shallow basins where it froze,and was stored until the spring.His fields of ice supply perfectly timed irrigation water 可知,他充分利用水的冰冻,储藏水以备灌溉,A项符合题意.故正确答案为A.
68.D 推理判断题.根据"Increasing Earth's reflectiveness can cool the planet."由此可见太阳反射也许能够减轻全球变暖的问题,D项符合题意.故正确答案为D.
69.D 推理判断题.根据倒数第二句最后一句 When the polluting industries argue that we've lost the battle to control carbon pollution…可知,当污染行业认为我们已经失去了控制碳污染的斗争,别无选择,只能适应,这是无意义的…,所以污染企业应该与二氧化碳污染作斗争,D项符合题意.故正确答案为D.
70.B 细节理解题.本文通过详细的讲解全球变暖的问题,从洪水的危害一直讲解到污染的企业应该怎么做,为了减少全球变暖问题,应该减少碳排放(Readuce carbon emission),根据文章最后一段的"But the most sensible form of adaptation is surely to adapt our energy systems to emit less carbon pollution."可知B项符合题意.A项意为"建立新标准",文中无表示,错误.C项意为"适应气候变化",这不是作者偏向的解决办法,错误.D项意为"主导污染企业",文中无表示,错误.故正确答案为B.
点评 阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释.考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点.

--It's nothing.Just something _________.
A. | as clear as day | B. | off the top of my head | ||
C. | under my nose | D. | beyond my wildest dreams |
I never felt an urge to(43)Cany sign language before.My entire family is hearing,and so are all my friends.The(44)Dlanguages were enough in all my interactions(交往).Little did I know that I would discover my(45)Afor ASL.
The(46)C began during my first week at college.I watched as the ASL Club(47)B their translation of a song.Both the hand movements and the very (48)A of communicating without speaking(49)Dme.What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the (50)B.This newness just left me(51)Dmore.
After that,feeling the need to(52)B further,I decided to drop in on one of ASL club′s meetings.I only learned how to (53)C the alphabet that day.Yet instead of being discouraged by my (54)Aprogress,I was excited.I then made it a point to (55)C those meetings and learn all I could.
The following term,I(56)D an ASL class.The professor was deaf and any talking was (57)A.I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant.(58)C,if there had been any talking,it would have (59)B us to learn less.Now,I appreciate the silence and the (60)D way of communication it opens.
41.A.searching | B.planning | C.natural | D.formal |
42.A.progress | B.experience | C.major | D.opinion |
43.A.choose | B.read | C.learn | D.create |
44.A.official | B.foreign | C.body | D.spoken |
45.A.love | B.concern | C.goal | D.request |
46.A.meeting | B.trip | C.story | D.task |
47.A.recorded | B.performed | C.recited | D.discussed |
48.A.idea | B.amount | C.dream | D.reason |
49.A.disturbed | B.supported | C.embarrassed | D.attracted |
50.A.end | B.past | C.course | D.distance |
51.A.showing | B.acting | C.saying | D.wanting |
52.A.exercise | B.explore | C.express | D.explain |
53.A.print | B.write | C.sign | D.count |
54.A.slow | B.steady | C.normal | D.obvious |
55.A.chair | B.sponsor | C.attend | D.organize |
56.A.missed | B.passed | C.gave up | D.registered for |
57.A.prohibited | B.welcomed | C.ignored | D.repeated |
58.A.Lastly | B.Thus | C.Instead | D.However |
59.A.required | B.caused | C.allowed | D.expected |
60.A.easy | B.popular | C.quick | D.new |
A. | alternative | B. | aggressive | C. | ambiguous | D. | apparent |
-It _____ at 5this evening.( )
A. | was leaving | B. | left | C. | leaves | D. | has left |